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Wallace Dredging Co

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138600
MRDS ID M005624
MAS/MILS ID 0060090058
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace Dredging Co
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Dredging Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.9759, 38.1909 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 009 E 15, 16, 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • Dredge piles on Bear Creek near Wallace visible on Google Earth and a point in the tailing was selected for the location. Dredge tailing are very extensive.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.9759, 38.1909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AURIFEROUS LONE GRAVEL 4-8' THICK OVERLAIN BY 10-12' HARDPAN . GRAVEL TIGHT, CONTAINS NO BOULDERS. GOLD FINE, SPOTTY IN DISTRIBUTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Dredging

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • 3 CU. FT. CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGE ACTIVE OCT. 1936-OCT. 1939. GRAVEL WASHED IN 26' SCRUBBER-TROMMEL AND 700 SQ. FT. OF SLUICES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Clark, W.B., and Lydon, P.A., 1962, Mines and mineral resource of Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology County REPT No. 2 , P. 209.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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